The Cleft Rock and How to Stop Worrying
A review of The Cleft Rock by Alice Tisdale Hobart detailing the Dodds family arc from Manchuria to California and the irrigation water struggle, focusing on Katya, Edward, Jeremy, and Beatrice amid themes of integrity and wealth. Also covers Dale Carnegie's How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, praising its practical rules and health benefits with enduring relevance.
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Dodds
Jeremy
Edward
Katya
Dodd
Manchuria
Beatrice
California
Jeremy Dodd
Ple
Alice Tisdale Obart
Peter
Betty
Tom
J. T. Ward
J. B
Dale Carnegie
Simon and Schuster
Horace
America
Carnegie
Hearthstones by Bernice Kelly Harris review
Critic lauds Bernice Kelly Harris for a simple well told North Carolina themed story. While not reaching Purslane’s spark, Hearthstones offers absorbing reading for locals and readers familiar with regional life.
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Bernice Kelly Harris
Doubleday
North Carolina
Purslane
North
New Enterprise feature previews weekly reviews and upcoming books
The column plans at least four reviews weekly including novels, juvenile titles, and humor. October debuts include Sta Change by Kathryn Worth, Crazy Creek by Evelyn Sib ley Lampman, and Cinderella Has sensfeffer and Other Tales Mein Grossfader Told by Dave Morrah.
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John Mebane
Kathryn Worth
Crazy Creek
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Cinderella Hassensfeffer
Dave Morrah
Farrar- Straus
Edison Marshall
Macmillan
Three Brothers
Michael McLaverty
Bobbs-Merrill
Roanoke Hundred
Discovery of a Midlife Path for a Worried Housewife
A middle aged American mother Laurie Drummond faces emotional strain as her children mature. Her stalled marriage and dull social life push her toward self discovery through volunteer work and a budding career in social work after heartbreak and illness.
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Laurie Drummond
Don
Laurie
Hunger vs Heroics in New York Street Scene
A teen messenger passed a thief fleeing down a street and chose not to chase, fearing he would drop his lunch bag. The incident raises questions about priorities as Sen. Chapman Revercomb weighs America’s fight against communism abroad and at home.
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Henrietta
Case Day
Caje
Urahaw
Haw Creek
South
B. C
New York
America
Europe
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Hybrid Corn Twice State Average Yield With Low Rainfall
Dr. F. R. Collins of North Carolina State College reports that adapted hybrid corn planted in 3.5 foot rows with 16 to 18 inch spacing, shallow cultivation, and strong fertilization can yield two to three times the state average despite drought. The Watson Brothers of Rocky Mount achieved near 200 bushel acre and ongoing trials in the rainy period suggest a 32 bushel per acre state average by 1948.
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Raleigh
R. Collins
State College
Watson Brothers
Rocky Mount
N. C
Dixie
Acre
Watsons
Collines
North Carolina
Medical Tests Prove Grand Relief For Tired Letdown Feeling
An old advertisement touts SSS Tonic as a remedy for nutritional anemia, claiming it builds blood strength and improves energy and appetite. It asserts the tonic helps the bloodstream release energy to muscles and cells, with promises of widespread relief and vitality.
Barstow Prospect Becomes Active as Lead Silver Prices Rise
Fifty years after George Golden found a lead and silver deposit eight miles from Barstow mining begins again as prices climb. The prospector revived efforts to develop the site of the old discovery now that lead approaches twenty cents per pound.
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Barstow
George Golden
Golden
Humidity Control System Aids Barn Safety
New York farmers gain from a Minneapolis Horn Well Regulator Co invention that regulates air and devices to control barn humidity. The system reduces the danger of spontaneous combustion in hay and grain stocks.
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Minneapolis-Horn Well Regulator Company
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